Carpet-lining



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T. STEWART.

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UNITED STATES ATENT Ormea.

CARPET- LINING.

I-ECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 304,243, dated August 26, 1884.

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fo rtZZ- whom it may concern,

Be it known that I, THOMAS STEWART, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carpet-Lining; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description ofA the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has relation to carpet-linings consisting` of an elastic layer interposed betwe en two layers of textile fabric or paper; and it consists in the improved construction of such a lining and the combination of its substances, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures, Figure l shows a section through the lining, and Fig. 2 shows a similar view of a slight modification of the same.

The body or filling A of the lining consists of a layer, C, of ibrous material-such as cottoninto which an elastic granular substance-such as cork-is incorporated, as shown at B, by carding or similar means, the substances of the filling being well mixed with or incorporated into each other, forming a loose` sheet without other adhesion between the particles than the natural adhesion between the particles of the cotton. In this manner a loose and soft filling is formed, in which the cork adds a solid and elastic body to the soft cotton substance, offering a better resistance to wear and compression than the unmixed cotton. rlhis soft and elastic illing is interposed between two sheets, D, of paper or textile fabric, or, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, between two sheets of the textile paper, for which Letters Patent No. 265,884, were granted to me on the 10th day of October,

1882, which sheets maybe united with the surfaces of the filling, either by placing the freshly-made and wet and soft paper upon the surfaces of the filling, with which it will unite x 'elastic and nely-eomminuted material has been used mixed with paper-pulp; al'so, that sheets of mixed paper-pulp and cork have had iber spread upon them while wet; also, that granulated vcork has been confined between two layers of textile fabric, that cotton-waste or similar iibrousmaterial has been mixed with iinely-comminuted sponge or cork, and thereupon penetrated with size or glue, uniting all the substances into an adhering mass, all for the purpose/of producing carpet-linings, and that sheets ot' cork have been united with sheets of rubber or textile fabric for the purpose of making hatbodies or similar articles, and I do not wish to claim such combinations of material for carpet-linings, inasmuch as theyT all fail to accomplish what I especially desire to accomplish and accomplish by my lining-Viz., a soft and loose filling for the lining, which at the same .time will have sufficient body or solidity to prevent its being` packed down at places where it is subjected to more weight and wear than at other places; and therefore I claim` s A carpet-lining consisting of a soft and loose filling of fibrous material-such as cottonhaving an elastic granular'substance-such as cork-thoroughly incorporated into it and interposed between two sheets or layers of paper or textile material as an article of manufacture.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS STEVART.

Vitnesses:

DAVID C. Dnavnv, Rien D. M. GREINER. 

